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IN PARIS AND MOSCOW THEY PAY TRIBUTE TO MEMORY OF ARMENIAN OFFICER GURGEN MARGARYAN VICIOUSLY MURDERED BY AZERI RAMIL SAFAROV
by Marianna Lazarian
Wednesday, February 19, 16:11
A memorial service for Armenian Officer Gurgen Margaryan, murdered
by Azerbaijani Ramil Safarov, was held at St. Hovahannes Mkrtich
Church in Paris. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the
Armenian Embassy in France, the Representation of the Nagorno Karabakh
Republic, and a number of members of the Armenian Community of France,
the Armenian Foreign Ministry told ArmInfo.
Armenian Ambassador to France Vigen Chitechyan, the leaders of the
Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France also attended
the ceremony.
After the service the participants marched to the Yerevan Park in
Paris, where they laid wreaths at the Komitas Statue on behalf of
Armenians of Armenia, Artsakh and France. Services commemorating
Gurgen Margaryan were offered in Armenian Churches of Marseille,
Lyon and other cities.
On February 16 a memorial service for Gurgen Margaryan was held in
Moscow. Leaders of the Armenian Union of Russia, the Russian-Armenian
Cooperation NGO, the cultural Union, and a number of other
guests attended the ceremony.
To recall, on February 19 2004, R. Safarov viciously axed sleeping G.
Margaryan in Budapest. Both the officers were undergoing an English
language course under the NATO PfP program. On April 13 2006 the First
Instance Court of Budapest sentenced Safarov to life imprisonments
without the right to pardon for 30 years. In February 2007 the Court
of Appeal left the verdict unchanged. President of Armenia Robert
Kocharyan decreed awarding Gurgen Margaryan with Gallantry Medal
posthumously.
Later on 31 August Safarov was extradited to Azerbaijan, where the
president pardoned and rewarded him. In fact, Armenia has severed
its diplomatic relations and official ties with Hungary.
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From: Baghdasarian
by Marianna Lazarian
Wednesday, February 19, 16:11
A memorial service for Armenian Officer Gurgen Margaryan, murdered
by Azerbaijani Ramil Safarov, was held at St. Hovahannes Mkrtich
Church in Paris. The ceremony was attended by representatives of the
Armenian Embassy in France, the Representation of the Nagorno Karabakh
Republic, and a number of members of the Armenian Community of France,
the Armenian Foreign Ministry told ArmInfo.
Armenian Ambassador to France Vigen Chitechyan, the leaders of the
Coordinating Council of Armenian Organizations of France also attended
the ceremony.
After the service the participants marched to the Yerevan Park in
Paris, where they laid wreaths at the Komitas Statue on behalf of
Armenians of Armenia, Artsakh and France. Services commemorating
Gurgen Margaryan were offered in Armenian Churches of Marseille,
Lyon and other cities.
On February 16 a memorial service for Gurgen Margaryan was held in
Moscow. Leaders of the Armenian Union of Russia, the Russian-Armenian
Cooperation NGO, the cultural Union, and a number of other
guests attended the ceremony.
To recall, on February 19 2004, R. Safarov viciously axed sleeping G.
Margaryan in Budapest. Both the officers were undergoing an English
language course under the NATO PfP program. On April 13 2006 the First
Instance Court of Budapest sentenced Safarov to life imprisonments
without the right to pardon for 30 years. In February 2007 the Court
of Appeal left the verdict unchanged. President of Armenia Robert
Kocharyan decreed awarding Gurgen Margaryan with Gallantry Medal
posthumously.
Later on 31 August Safarov was extradited to Azerbaijan, where the
president pardoned and rewarded him. In fact, Armenia has severed
its diplomatic relations and official ties with Hungary.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=63949550-9967-11E3-8ACF0EB7C0D21663
From: Baghdasarian